For those of you suggesting individual Beatle songs, or The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, or The Who, you are wasting your time. Spencer (guy on the left) knows every single Beatles song/record as well as a vast majoriry of what The Stones, Pink Floyd, & The Who have done, so you'll have to suggest something that we're GUARANTEED to not have seen 😉
I just assumed Spencer wasn't that familiar with the beatles because he said 3 of the 4 sang on this one, when it was only john and paul that did. George harmonising but verse and choruses were only ever john and paul. Kind of simple stuff for a beatle fan or just someone familiar with them.
What’s shocking is that when this song and ‘Real Love’ were released, the BBC refused to play them, stating that basically, the Beatles are old and out dated for the youth market and we shouldn’t be promoting music made by people who are now in their 50s. It was such a controversy, that it was even brought up in Parliament, with even the Prime Minister calling the BBC out for the decision.
They only didn't play it on Radio 1,that's the young folks channel,it was played on the others,to give you an idea in those days you didn't so much follow a channel as a DJ,on radio 1 if you had an alternative vibe you pretty much ignored it till 8 in the evening! However when you age you naturally deny it, the time when you can no longer do this is when Radio 1 is on in your car, and some horrible RnB shite comes on ,you switch channels and eventually find a song you like,and a little of your perceived youth dies as you realise it's Radio 2☹️!!
The Beatles always seemed to have a rocky relationship with the BBC. There's the double album Live at the BBC of radio programmes from the early 60s, but the psychedelic multi-coloured Magical Mystery Tour film was first broadcast on the BBC in 1967 ... in black and white. As a result, The Beatles decided to have future dealings more with ITV, including when broadcasting Anthology nearly 30 years later.
Guys, the video you are playing is back to front!! the video you are playing shows the video from the end and reverses all the way back to what should be the start of the video, the video shown the right way shows the band from the photos in the bedroom at the start, then through the history of the band with many references to their songs, I love this song, I find it very melancholy.
Beatles are basically the no. 1 band ever. Yes they inherited 50's US rock n roll but they pretty much created dozens of styles that have been the blueprint for every band since. I listened to all their stuff growing up with mates doing way more mind enhancing stuff then I should have in the 90's😂 Having said all that my personal favourite band is the doors! 😂
Fantastic that you've reacted to this song. Free as a Bird and Real Love had their critics, but I think they are gorgeous songs. The highlight of Free as a Bird for me is George's vocals in the second bridge leading into his soaring but restrained slide solo, probably done on his Stratocaster Rocky and the stunning angelic vocal harmonies behind that only Paul and George (and John) could've pulled off. That solo though is so sonically lush and interesting. As a Beatles superfan, I've always wished that Paul and George were a little closer, but I know that they'd been friends since they were kids at school and, like brothers, their respective personalities evolved as they got older. Anthology was a good excuse for them to hang out and work together again, and I think they both enjoyed it. Jeff Lynne - a Beatles disciple, who along with Denny Laine I think of as the "Brummie Beatle", and certainly a bona fide "Fifth Beatle" - was brought in to produce the two songs, and it was hoped that he would also act as a peacekeeper. Jeff was a big friend of George's and he was worried that Paul might feel that he was being sidelined, but Paul and Jeff worked incredibly well together and got on like a house on fire. Everyone loves Ringo, but it was with Jeff that Ringo had a little friction because Jeff wanted to use a click track. The end of The Beatles was quite acrimonious and it seemed that George wanted to distance himself from that legacy, especially Paul. But by the late 80s, he'd put together The Travelling Wilburys, made the single When We Was Fab, attended the band's Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction and defended his friendship with Paul in television interviews. I love moments like that. Great video, especially Spencer's commentary. Yes, the video is littered with references.
The Fil Rouge starts from Buddy Holly, flowing to the Beatles, flowing to the Electric Light Orchestra, then Jeff Lynne grabs the relay baton. It was written in the stars 😍
You might find this amusing. Recently a young group, can't remember who, had Paul McCartney appear on a track and someone hearing it said he didn't know who Paul was but was always happy to give a new singer a break. That's the gist of it anyway. Hilarious. The crossing you saw is outside the famous Abby Road studios. Yeah, that was a hilarious rumour. He'still going, of course. I was a bit Elvis fan and it took me some time to get into the Beatles but once I did I loved most of what they did.
There were three John cassette demos that the Threetles worked on: this, Real Love, and Now And Then. They did the first two, but the Now And Then demo was even lower fidelity, so they abandoned it. But… Paul just said that they can now clean it up with current AI technology, and they still have the tapes of them working on it, including George. So there’s going to be one more Beatles song later this year.
I love this song, as a song in its own right but there’s an added poignancy and sadness because of the two who have left us and because of the footage from the 60s digitally edited into the modern video. You're right the video is full of Beatles lyrics and references. There are a couple of videos on RUclips that show you the lyrics and references that even a fan might miss. Some of them are so fleeting that if you blink you'll miss them. It's worth watching them to appreciate everything in the video.
There’s a game to play with the video of "Free as a Bird". Every scene has a Beatles’ song associated with it. Try to find all of them. I’ll give one tip: the nurse is selling poppies in the middle of a roundabout (Penny Lane lyrics - "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, the pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray")
Fixing a hole, you see a 'newspaper taxi" (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) and a girl leaving home to get in the taxi (She's Leaving Home), Bungalow Bill, you see Paul's sheepdog Martha ("Martha My Dear"), there are a TON more.
Sir Paul's headlining Glastonbury festival in UK on June 25th, at 80 years old this will probably be one of the great man's last big gigs, I won't miss it.
This video freaks me out big time as I grew up on Penny Lane and seeing some of my hangouts from my childhood years in the video really brings my memories flooding back, they were great times, in a great city, I would have those years back again any day. Thanks for uploading this, chaps.
The Beatles were the future of all music today. Get Back is a film that was made over 50 years ago and brought back into colour. You will not believe what you see, it’s like it was made yesterday!!
Still the top selling musicians of all time. Paul wrote the parts he and George sang lead on this song. The last Beatle song released was not this but Real Love.
I was born just outside Liverpool. My Mum used to go to the Cavern club on her lunch break and watch them play live. The license plate on VW Beetle on the Abbey Rd album cover says 28IF. This was supposed to mean that Paul would have been 28 IF he hadn’t died. He was supposedly replaced by a look alike named Billy Shears who was introduced on the Sgt Pepper album. There are so many more Easter eggs throughout their music. I could write paragraphs lol
Do try 'I want you (she's so heavy)', I'd love to see your reaction. n.b. The rain was from the British rain gods saying that you are on the right track.
Jeff lynne from E.L.O produced on this album. You can really hear his style in this arrangement if you listen to E.L.O; particularly the more modern stuff... i think there's a great song called 'long time gone' by ELOthat really gives a lot of similar feelings and sounds as this song 👍🏻👍🏻
That's so true. If you listen to ELO's 2001 album, Zoom (which Paul and George contributed to) the same Beatles/ELO hybrid sound is happening throughout.
They could produce huge amounts of material. That’s not usual. My generation could tell you every nuance through their experience. We loved it. They seemed good guys. They were our gods perhaps. But they produced art that we all related to in a great way. Love mainly.
Never heard about the cig in the right hand being part of that mad conspiracy theory. As a right handed smoker myself I ALWAYS smoke with my cig in my LEFT hand so my dom hand is still free to use if I need to. Are there any other smokers out there who can corroborate this because I have never considered it before.
You should watch some of the Beatles concerts that were filmed and are on RUclips. My favourite is" The Beatles at the ABC Manchester 1963" which shows "She Loves You" when it was just out and "Twist and Shout". Also good is anything from the first Washington concert February 1964 or any complications from any of the US tours especially at the Shea Stadium. Watch the American youth loose their minds and screaming the place down. The Ed Sullivan show videos are good too. The Network had to change to enclosed headphones afterwards as the cameramen couldn't hear directions over the screams.
Brilliant video. A bird flying around the infant John Lennons living room followed by a reversed run of the Beatles lives and songbook. Penny Lane, Paperback Writer, Helter-skelter etc.
They re made 2 free as bird was an unfinished lennon song played on a piano through an old tape recorder. They got Paul to add the unfinished songs and Jeff Lynne to produce it. The Paul's dead is ridiculous to find another's genius in a month there theory was Paul looks different he looks fatter,thinner,shorter,smaller record to record look at liam from one picture to the next. I thought he was about 6ft 2 he's actually 5ft11 noels 5ft 6. P.s the original version of lennon singing this alone is also on RUclips
Paul had said that the day they shot that picture of walking across the road at Abby Road he was just hot and took off his sandles, just before they walked across! Simple as that!
It might be worth reacting to some of the early tracks from Anthology 1, which are obviously mostly demo’s from the very early days of the band. The likes of In Spite of All the Danger (which is a rarity in being a song penned by McCartney Harrison) or Cry for a Shadow(an instrumental written by Lennon Harrison) or there’s the covers like Searchin’, The Sheik of Araby and Three Cool Cats.
A fascinating video compilation of the Beatles throughout their years. Lovingly produced by Vincent Joliet an d directed by Joe Pytka. Over 80 references to the Beatles, shown with Lennon's song.
Next one FREE AS A BIRD it's another pearl. No cracking noises from the original Demo. Jeff Lyne (ELO, Traveling Wilburys) had the titanic task to clean it without damaging it. Like dusting the Mona Lisa painting. ☯️✌ take care
I think what a lot of people of my generation (90s) don't appreciate/understand about the beatles is how FAR ahead of their time they were. I constantly hear "oh they just sound like Oasis" errr yeah....40 years before Oasis existed. ..the beatles were singing about revolution when elvis was singing about hound dogs and blue shoes. They took music to a new level
Eh, no. Elvis was singing about hound dogs and blue suede shoes in the mid 50’s and The Beatles were singing about revolution in the late 60’s. John Lennon is quoted as saying that before Elvis there was nothing. Around the time The Beatles were singing about revolution, Elvis was singing In The Ghetto and If I Can Dream, so he was singing about social injustice and racial inequality. Oh and it was only 24 years between The Beatles splitting up in April ‘70 and Oasis releasing their first single in April ‘94.
@@lynnejamieson2063 apart from Elvis didn't write ANY of his own songs so right there your comment becomes poop...singing other people's lyrics about injustice really don't count does it lad?
@@lynnejamieson2063 your argument was elvis sang about da ghetto. My simple reply is that's not comparable to the beatles who wrote their own lyrics cos Elivs famously never wrote his own songs. You also can't really compare a singer to a band who also wrote music. And tbh play elvis to a 15 year old now compared to the beatles. Elivs sounds like his music is from the 50s ,60s. The beatles sound like a 90s imdie band. They were decades ahead of their time. They really are on different levels. Play a elivs song at the start of his career then one from the end...its the same style same stuff...he couldn't evolve cos he didn't write songs or music. He was simply a great voice singing other's words. .now play an early beatles song and one near the end of their time together. They changed music. Their music constantly evolved over 8 years recording. I eanna hold your hand is a total different style to come together...again it's different levels..
@@brianmason8059 I think you have missed my original point altogether. I just changed the Elvis tracks that you listed to ones that Elvis was singing around the same time that The Beatles were singing Revolution, so that the timeframes were more similar. I’ve been listening to The Beatles and Elvis for my entire life (almost 5 decades) as my parents were both fans of both. I have known for almost as long as that, that Elvis didn’t write his own songs and that The Beatles wrote most of theirs but I do feel the need to remind you that it was you who made the initial comparison, not me. My niece and nephew (both in their early 20’s) would be more likely to put Elvis on than The Beatles but I’m also not living under the assumption that would be the case for everyone in their generation. Personally, I think a comparison between The Beatles and Elvis is quite disingenuous due to one being in part responsible for sparking the interest in the others to even join bands. I get the feeling that you may not have listened to a great deal of Elvis music and that’s fair enough, he is not everyone’s cup of tea and the same can be said about The Beatles but Elvis sang many styles of music, his recording career wasn’t 22 years of Rockabilly. I also think that you may purely be referencing later Beatles material (especially as on the first few albums around half of the songs were cover versions and sound completely of their time and nothing like 90’s Indie). I think we may be talking at cross points here as I’m sure there are elements that we agree on as well as some we disagree on. I love both The Beatles and Elvis, I saw Oasis for the first time in ‘93 (around 4 months before the first single, Supersonic, was released). I love elements of all three really, none of them are perfect (I’m convinced that perfection does not exist) but they all have more going for than against them, in my opinion…though I would say that you’ll find even more similarities in 60’s Garage Bands like The Seeds, to the guitar bands that were most prevalent on the Indie scene of the 80’s and 90’s. Oh and thank you for not calling me lad again. I know there is a chance that it’s just a colloquialism where you’re from but being Scottish, it purely just means someone who is of the male gender to me.
Go down that rabbit hole…you won’t regret it! Listen to I got a feeling, Dear Prudence and Taxman…they are three of my favourites. Being from Liverpool I didn’t dive into the Beatles too because the more people went on about how great they were my eyes would glaze over…but…it’s true…they are great! So glad I went down that rabbit hole 😁
They opened our minds beyond govt policy, trends, beliefs, got us to think about people, situations, live, world love. We knew they cared. We wanted more.
Dudes, may I recommend 2 songs. The first being "I am the walrus". The second being "Helter Skelter". Besides them both being "Lesser Known" Beatles songs. They also have cover versions done by Oasis. You should do every song from the start till the end, that will give you some good content. I'm enjoying your Oasis reactions, nice to see some one else enjoying the music that I like. I would also suggest checking out "The Who" they are another band that you could also do a deep dive on. Keep up the awesome that you are putting into the world. 👍
P.s theres a also a making of this song and 90% of the music vid is from there songs or related to them. Also the beatles purposely played on the Paul is dead thing.
paul lives next street to abbey road in st johns wood ,kid in pic in house is john in his aunt mimis,its johns demo and other three filling the gaps,its their personal goodbye to johnat 5.14 the street where ringo lived is street they use all time in peaky blinders and sherlock holmes (r downey jnr),did you see john at strawberryfields,the cavern,hlter kelter,everything after few watches many easter eggs.Very much like every oasis video,lol.The best song of them just chilling about something happening in dakota,listen to Rocky Raccoon by the beatles,brilliant funny tune paul does wierd voice
Two differences of your opinions guys. 1. I was about 14 in the mid 70's and my friends and I got into a conversation with some girls and a couple of them hadn't heard of The Beatles. They had all heard of Elvis, but not Chuck Berry, nor Little Richard. 2. I am a fan of Wikipedia as a resource. 80% reliability and free. It's the modern Guinness Book of Records for settling arguments. Keep up the good work!
As you correctly guessed, the video is full of references to past Beatles songs...I think on RUclips there's a contemporary video from the 90s where someone tried to label them all, with the result that the entire video can't be seen behind all the labels :D
You should hear Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of the Moon " mixed with video from "The wizard of Oz " if you want to go down a rabbit hole.. now that is spooky.. the mix is on youtube
So you need to watch the documentry on disney plus,its video footage of there last month together culminating with roof top performance on old apple rooftop.I actully live in liverpool,my mum whos now 76 use to go the cavern club every week she was friends with all of them but said george and john always came to chat.i was at stuart sutcliffes grave last week..Its funny in movie yesterday ,its about the betles never existed and when he see what else has gone he checks oasis ,and the joke is they dont exist because they had no beatles to copy,lol.Liam also has a new documentry recording new album its at a very famous recording studio in wales,uk that all major bands have used,queen made it famous making platinum selling bohemian rhapsody and more there its called rockfield farm.Did you check out the noel gallagher/ricky gervis song freeway freelove,not sure you read my messages been following two years never had reply? thanks.
Here's something you might like to try, guys. How about starting with the video 'The Beatles Reunion At Friar Park 1994 Full Version LEGENDS HD Rare footage' from the Anthology when they met up and recorded this track. In the Anthology series you see their last filmed reunions before George passed in 2001. Then go back and start from the beginning when they were just teenagers - a great story how they formed in the late 1950s then grew and developed. I grew up with their music and took an interest in them from when I was a kid, and still learning new things. I was fortunate to meet George's wife, Olivia a few years ago - a special moment for me.
Lots of Beatles songs referenced in "Free as a Bird" but WHY is the video running in REVERSE?? You didn't seem to NOTICE that it is all in reverse!! The girl ("She's Leaving Home") is going IN her door, instead of OUT of it to get into the "newspaper taxi" (from "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds") which is moving in reverse. The man playing the banjo on stage (that this video shows at the start) is SUPPOSED to be at the END when you HEAR a BANJO playing. The ROOM with the CHILDHOOD PHOTOS of the BEATLES on the MANTEL is supposed to be at the BEGINNING of the Video, NOT at the END like it is in THIS video. There must be a proper copy here on You Tube, where the video goes forward so that the timeline makes sense. It is supposed to start at the beginning of their time and to the end (Abbey Road crossing) of their career.
OKAY guys... Lesser knowns... PLEASE REACT TO........ "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" Last track on the album "Revolver" and recorded before Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" IN 1966....!!!! It will blow your mind... Keep on Rocking.
Eleanor rigby gravestone, a nod to the band. My group and I have to make a music video, like this. John (Rest In Eternal Peace), Paul (one of the greatest artists alive) and George (The Quiet Beatle - Rest In Eternal Peace)
Well you've got 200 songs to react to . If you do you need to wear headphones to get the stereo effect , instruments in one ear voice other . A good one to start is While My Guitar Gently Weeps
They educated us in foreign religion, belief, fashion, Indian cotton I cud buy if I was rich imported into unique boutiques, the smell of patchouli, chilling with a spliff, listening to music calm days.
Shocking thing for many of the older generationgeneration was the length of their hair. It was outrageous at the time 😂 Even my parents thought it was outrageous.
Please react to the beatles, guys. Please make it your next rabbit hole, I know you wont regret it. Your taste in music is great, and fact you love oasis, you will love the beatles even more. I heard oasis first and because they kept mentioning the beatles, I got into them as a 15yo. Oasis, I owe my whole musical taste to them really. Beatles, rolling stones, Slade, sex pistols, Smith's, the jam, the kinks (massively underrated may I add) I beg please learn and listen to the beatles, some suggestions.... strawberry fields forever, helter skelter (you 2 will love this one) rain (song liam found his voice from, and oasis were called the rain in an early incarnation) you'll hear rain and think, this sounds 90s or early 2000s. Ok others to check.... tomorrow never knows, shes leaving home, I am the walrus, a day in the life, revolution, day tripper, we can work it out, here there and everywhere, hey bulldog. That'll keep you going a while. PLEASE listen to them, you won't regret it. Rick beato mentioned an uber driver, girl in her mid to late 20s listening to music as she drove him, shed never heard of paul McCartney or the beatles. Don't let their music die, you'll get others into them because you have a lot of followers. In this spotify's generation, albums mean nothing, its download a song that you heard on a show or an advert these days. The beatles need to stay prominent for todays youth to know them.
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For those of you suggesting individual Beatle songs, or The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, or The Who, you are wasting your time. Spencer (guy on the left) knows every single Beatles song/record as well as a vast majoriry of what The Stones, Pink Floyd, & The Who have done, so you'll have to suggest something that we're GUARANTEED to not have seen 😉
Please please watch oasis. The masterplan. Mtv unplugged 1996. Superb. The harmonica is just ridiculous.
I just assumed Spencer wasn't that familiar with the beatles because he said 3 of the 4 sang on this one, when it was only john and paul that did. George harmonising but verse and choruses were only ever john and paul. Kind of simple stuff for a beatle fan or just someone familiar with them.
Why did you specifically ask for Beatles suggestions then?
Yet he didn't comment that every scene in the film had a Beatles song title in it.
the iconic swedish group ABBA
with one of yours comeback songs:
"Don't shut me down"
after almost 40 years!
Thank Jeff Lynne for this masterpiece. Everything he touches is gold.
So True. A modern day Meidas
What’s shocking is that when this song and ‘Real Love’ were released, the BBC refused to play them, stating that basically, the Beatles are old and out dated for the youth market and we shouldn’t be promoting music made by people who are now in their 50s. It was such a controversy, that it was even brought up in Parliament, with even the Prime Minister calling the BBC out for the decision.
How wrong the BBC was on that call! 🤡
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The BBC are wrong on a lot of calls now and we have to pay for that, its really quite annoying
They only didn't play it on Radio 1,that's the young folks channel,it was played on the others,to give you an idea in those days you didn't so much follow a channel as a DJ,on radio 1 if you had an alternative vibe you pretty much ignored it till 8 in the evening! However when you age you naturally deny it, the time when you can no longer do this is when Radio 1 is on in your car, and some horrible RnB shite comes on ,you switch channels and eventually find a song you like,and a little of your perceived youth dies as you realise it's Radio 2☹️!!
Geez really, I bought both them singles when they released.
How wrong they were
The Beatles always seemed to have a rocky relationship with the BBC. There's the double album Live at the BBC of radio programmes from the early 60s, but the psychedelic multi-coloured Magical Mystery Tour film was first broadcast on the BBC in 1967 ... in black and white. As a result, The Beatles decided to have future dealings more with ITV, including when broadcasting Anthology nearly 30 years later.
Guys, the video you are playing is back to front!! the video you are playing shows the video from the end and reverses all the way back to what should be the start of the video, the video shown the right way shows the band from the photos in the bedroom at the start, then through the history of the band with many references to their songs, I love this song, I find it very melancholy.
Thank you SEEKER64, I also commented on the video being in reverse, I thought I was going mad because no-one else seemed to notice.
They went through a lot of processes to bring the quality of that tape out and tbh this is one of my favourites and I LOVE the Beatles x
Audio quality is fantastic guys! Brilliant stuff yet again, thanks.
Beatles are basically the no. 1 band ever. Yes they inherited 50's US rock n roll but they pretty much created dozens of styles that have been the blueprint for every band since. I listened to all their stuff growing up with mates doing way more mind enhancing stuff then I should have in the 90's😂 Having said all that my personal favourite band is the doors! 😂
Fantastic that you've reacted to this song. Free as a Bird and Real Love had their critics, but I think they are gorgeous songs. The highlight of Free as a Bird for me is George's vocals in the second bridge leading into his soaring but restrained slide solo, probably done on his Stratocaster Rocky and the stunning angelic vocal harmonies behind that only Paul and George (and John) could've pulled off. That solo though is so sonically lush and interesting. As a Beatles superfan, I've always wished that Paul and George were a little closer, but I know that they'd been friends since they were kids at school and, like brothers, their respective personalities evolved as they got older. Anthology was a good excuse for them to hang out and work together again, and I think they both enjoyed it. Jeff Lynne - a Beatles disciple, who along with Denny Laine I think of as the "Brummie Beatle", and certainly a bona fide "Fifth Beatle" - was brought in to produce the two songs, and it was hoped that he would also act as a peacekeeper. Jeff was a big friend of George's and he was worried that Paul might feel that he was being sidelined, but Paul and Jeff worked incredibly well together and got on like a house on fire. Everyone loves Ringo, but it was with Jeff that Ringo had a little friction because Jeff wanted to use a click track. The end of The Beatles was quite acrimonious and it seemed that George wanted to distance himself from that legacy, especially Paul. But by the late 80s, he'd put together The Travelling Wilburys, made the single When We Was Fab, attended the band's Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction and defended his friendship with Paul in television interviews. I love moments like that.
Great video, especially Spencer's commentary. Yes, the video is littered with references.
The Fil Rouge starts from Buddy Holly, flowing to the Beatles, flowing to the Electric Light Orchestra, then Jeff Lynne grabs the relay baton. It was written in the stars 😍
Now you need to listen to ‘Real Love’, which was the second the song they made for the Anthology Project and officially, the last ever Beatles song.
Not anymore!
You might find this amusing. Recently a young group, can't remember who, had Paul McCartney appear on a track and someone hearing it said he didn't know who Paul was but was always happy to give a new singer a break. That's the gist of it anyway. Hilarious. The crossing you saw is outside the famous Abby Road studios. Yeah, that was a hilarious rumour. He'still going, of course. I was a bit Elvis fan and it took me some time to get into the Beatles but once I did I loved most of what they did.
I believe that group was Kanye West fans
There were three John cassette demos that the Threetles worked on: this, Real Love, and Now And Then. They did the first two, but the Now And Then demo was even lower fidelity, so they abandoned it. But… Paul just said that they can now clean it up with current AI technology, and they still have the tapes of them working on it, including George. So there’s going to be one more Beatles song later this year.
I love this song, as a song in its own right but there’s an added poignancy and sadness because of the two who have left us and because of the footage from the 60s digitally edited into the modern video. You're right the video is full of Beatles lyrics and references. There are a couple of videos on RUclips that show you the lyrics and references that even a fan might miss. Some of them are so fleeting that if you blink you'll miss them. It's worth watching them to appreciate everything in the video.
Great video guys... all Beatles' fans love when young people like you helps to keep them alive... Saludos desde México!
They also recorded John's "Real Love" in the same sessions.
There’s a game to play with the video of "Free as a Bird". Every scene has a Beatles’ song associated with it. Try to find all of them.
I’ll give one tip: the nurse is selling poppies in the middle of a roundabout (Penny Lane lyrics - "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, the pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray")
Please venture down this rabbit hole.
Everything in this video is a Beatles song , Piggies , fool on the hill , she came in through the bathroom window .
There's loads.
Fixing a hole, you see a 'newspaper taxi" (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) and a girl leaving home to get in the taxi (She's Leaving Home), Bungalow Bill, you see Paul's sheepdog Martha ("Martha My Dear"), there are a TON more.
George slide, masterpiece ❤🇮🇹🤘
Sir Paul's headlining Glastonbury festival in UK on June 25th, at 80 years old this will probably be one of the great man's last big gigs, I won't miss it.
This video is packed with references to the Beatles songs , lyrics and history
This video freaks me out big time as I grew up on Penny Lane and seeing some of my hangouts from my childhood years in the video really brings my memories flooding back, they were great times, in a great city, I would have those years back again any day. Thanks for uploading this, chaps.
The Beatles were the future of all music today. Get Back is a film that was made over 50 years ago and brought back into colour. You will not believe what you see, it’s like it was made yesterday!!
Still the top selling musicians of all time. Paul wrote the parts he and George sang lead on this song. The last Beatle song released was not this but Real Love.
I was born just outside Liverpool. My Mum used to go to the Cavern club on her lunch break and watch them play live.
The license plate on VW Beetle on the Abbey Rd album cover says 28IF. This was supposed to mean that Paul would have been 28 IF he hadn’t died. He was supposedly replaced by a look alike named Billy Shears who was introduced on the Sgt Pepper album. There are so many more Easter eggs throughout their music. I could write paragraphs lol
Jealous!
Do try 'I want you (she's so heavy)', I'd love to see your reaction.
n.b. The rain was from the British rain gods saying that you are on the right track.
Try listening to Helter Skelter from The Beatles’ White Album, that would be a great place to start!
Great job guys...keep the Beatles reviews up....try Hey Bulldog...great song
Jeff lynne from E.L.O produced on this album. You can really hear his style in this arrangement if you listen to E.L.O; particularly the more modern stuff... i think there's a great song called 'long time gone' by ELOthat really gives a lot of similar feelings and sounds as this song 👍🏻👍🏻
That's so true. If you listen to ELO's 2001 album, Zoom (which Paul and George contributed to) the same Beatles/ELO hybrid sound is happening throughout.
You forgot the licence plate on the car on Abbey Road said 28 IF and Paul was 27 at the time.
They could produce huge amounts of material. That’s not usual. My generation could tell you every nuance through their experience. We loved it. They seemed good guys. They were our gods perhaps. But they produced art that we all related to in a great way. Love mainly.
Never heard about the cig in the right hand being part of that mad conspiracy theory. As a right handed smoker myself I ALWAYS smoke with my cig in my LEFT hand so my dom hand is still free to use if I need to. Are there any other smokers out there who can corroborate this because I have never considered it before.
You should watch some of the Beatles concerts that were filmed and are on RUclips.
My favourite is" The Beatles at the ABC Manchester 1963" which shows "She Loves You" when it was just out and "Twist and Shout".
Also good is anything from the first Washington concert February 1964 or any complications from any of the US tours especially at the Shea Stadium.
Watch the American youth loose their minds and screaming the place down.
The Ed Sullivan show videos are good too.
The Network had to change to enclosed headphones afterwards as the cameramen couldn't hear directions over the screams.
I'd suggest watching the you tube video of them live. Considering the lack of anything technical bar an amp and a Mike the talent is amazing
The Beatles had 27 number one's 😃 unbelievable band 👍
almost 700 million albums sold. number 1.
Brilliant video. A bird flying around the infant John Lennons living room followed by a reversed run of the Beatles lives and songbook. Penny Lane, Paperback Writer, Helter-skelter etc.
It's not meant to be reversed, I guess it's for copyright reasons, but this video is running backwards
Yesterday's Lullaby/The Beatles + The Cure Mashup. If neither of you have heard this mashup, you are both in for a real treat!
New song on Tuesday!!!!
Fantastic, and today is Paul's 80th birthday too!
They re made 2 free as bird was an unfinished lennon song played on a piano through an old tape recorder. They got Paul to add the unfinished songs and Jeff Lynne to produce it. The Paul's dead is ridiculous to find another's genius in a month there theory was Paul looks different he looks fatter,thinner,shorter,smaller record to record look at liam from one picture to the next. I thought he was about 6ft 2 he's actually 5ft11 noels 5ft 6. P.s the original version of lennon singing this alone is also on RUclips
Paul had said that the day they shot that picture of walking across the road at Abby Road he was just hot and took off his sandles, just before they walked across! Simple as that!
It might be worth reacting to some of the early tracks from Anthology 1, which are obviously mostly demo’s from the very early days of the band. The likes of In Spite of All the Danger (which is a rarity in being a song penned by McCartney Harrison) or Cry for a Shadow(an instrumental written by Lennon Harrison) or there’s the covers like Searchin’, The Sheik of Araby and Three Cool Cats.
Anthology may be rereleased in 2024 with miles better sound; it needs it....
A fascinating video compilation of the Beatles throughout their years. Lovingly produced by Vincent Joliet an d directed by Joe Pytka. Over 80 references to the Beatles, shown with Lennon's song.
Next one FREE AS A BIRD it's another pearl. No cracking noises from the original Demo. Jeff Lyne (ELO, Traveling Wilburys) had the titanic task to clean it without damaging it. Like dusting the Mona Lisa painting. ☯️✌ take care
I think what a lot of people of my generation (90s) don't appreciate/understand about the beatles is how FAR ahead of their time they were. I constantly hear "oh they just sound like Oasis" errr yeah....40 years before Oasis existed. ..the beatles were singing about revolution when elvis was singing about hound dogs and blue shoes. They took music to a new level
Eh, no. Elvis was singing about hound dogs and blue suede shoes in the mid 50’s and The Beatles were singing about revolution in the late 60’s. John Lennon is quoted as saying that before Elvis there was nothing. Around the time The Beatles were singing about revolution, Elvis was singing In The Ghetto and If I Can Dream, so he was singing about social injustice and racial inequality.
Oh and it was only 24 years between The Beatles splitting up in April ‘70 and Oasis releasing their first single in April ‘94.
@@lynnejamieson2063 apart from Elvis didn't write ANY of his own songs so right there your comment becomes poop...singing other people's lyrics about injustice really don't count does it lad?
@@brianmason8059 well girl, you just changed the argument because your op stated singing and said nothing about writing.
@@lynnejamieson2063 your argument was elvis sang about da ghetto. My simple reply is that's not comparable to the beatles who wrote their own lyrics cos Elivs famously never wrote his own songs. You also can't really compare a singer to a band who also wrote music. And tbh play elvis to a 15 year old now compared to the beatles. Elivs sounds like his music is from the 50s ,60s. The beatles sound like a 90s imdie band. They were decades ahead of their time. They really are on different levels. Play a elivs song at the start of his career then one from the end...its the same style same stuff...he couldn't evolve cos he didn't write songs or music. He was simply a great voice singing other's words. .now play an early beatles song and one near the end of their time together. They changed music. Their music constantly evolved over 8 years recording. I eanna hold your hand is a total different style to come together...again it's different levels..
@@brianmason8059 I think you have missed my original point altogether. I just changed the Elvis tracks that you listed to ones that Elvis was singing around the same time that The Beatles were singing Revolution, so that the timeframes were more similar.
I’ve been listening to The Beatles and Elvis for my entire life (almost 5 decades) as my parents were both fans of both. I have known for almost as long as that, that Elvis didn’t write his own songs and that The Beatles wrote most of theirs but I do feel the need to remind you that it was you who made the initial comparison, not me. My niece and nephew (both in their early 20’s) would be more likely to put Elvis on than The Beatles but I’m also not living under the assumption that would be the case for everyone in their generation.
Personally, I think a comparison between The Beatles and Elvis is quite disingenuous due to one being in part responsible for sparking the interest in the others to even join bands.
I get the feeling that you may not have listened to a great deal of Elvis music and that’s fair enough, he is not everyone’s cup of tea and the same can be said about The Beatles but Elvis sang many styles of music, his recording career wasn’t 22 years of Rockabilly. I also think that you may purely be referencing later Beatles material (especially as on the first few albums around half of the songs were cover versions and sound completely of their time and nothing like 90’s Indie).
I think we may be talking at cross points here as I’m sure there are elements that we agree on as well as some we disagree on. I love both The Beatles and Elvis, I saw Oasis for the first time in ‘93 (around 4 months before the first single, Supersonic, was released). I love elements of all three really, none of them are perfect (I’m convinced that perfection does not exist) but they all have more going for than against them, in my opinion…though I would say that you’ll find even more similarities in 60’s Garage Bands like The Seeds, to the guitar bands that were most prevalent on the Indie scene of the 80’s and 90’s.
Oh and thank you for not calling me lad again. I know there is a chance that it’s just a colloquialism where you’re from but being Scottish, it purely just means someone who is of the male gender to me.
And i will say. This is the best video ive ever seen
Hey bulldog from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack, hell of a tune
That cool car is John’s!!
Go down that rabbit hole…you won’t regret it! Listen to I got a feeling, Dear Prudence and Taxman…they are three of my favourites. Being from Liverpool I didn’t dive into the Beatles too because the more people went on about how great they were my eyes would glaze over…but…it’s true…they are great! So glad I went down that rabbit hole 😁
Seeing as you had a monsoon during the reaction. You should react to Rain by the Beatles.
They opened our minds beyond govt policy, trends, beliefs, got us to think about people, situations, live, world love. We knew they cared. We wanted more.
I love the Beatles Xx great songs
Dudes, may I recommend 2 songs. The first being "I am the walrus". The second being "Helter Skelter".
Besides them both being "Lesser Known" Beatles songs. They also have cover versions done by Oasis.
You should do every song from the start till the end, that will give you some good content.
I'm enjoying your Oasis reactions, nice to see some one else enjoying the music that I like.
I would also suggest checking out "The Who" they are another band that you could also do a deep dive on.
Keep up the awesome that you are putting into the world. 👍
Great reaction! More Beatles - even the deep cuts are a big rabbit hole.
Spence man I feel like we are missing you behind that mic cover
P.s theres a also a making of this song and 90% of the music vid is from there songs or related to them. Also the beatles purposely played on the Paul is dead thing.
paul lives next street to abbey road in st johns wood ,kid in pic in house is john in his aunt mimis,its johns demo and other three filling the gaps,its their personal goodbye to johnat 5.14 the street where ringo lived is street they use all time in peaky blinders and sherlock holmes (r downey jnr),did you see john at strawberryfields,the cavern,hlter kelter,everything after few watches many easter eggs.Very much like every oasis video,lol.The best song of them just chilling about something happening in dakota,listen to Rocky Raccoon by the beatles,brilliant funny tune paul does wierd voice
Two differences of your opinions guys.
1. I was about 14 in the mid 70's and my friends and I got into a conversation with some girls and a couple of them hadn't heard of The Beatles.
They had all heard of Elvis, but not Chuck Berry, nor Little Richard.
2. I am a fan of Wikipedia as a resource. 80% reliability and free.
It's the modern Guinness Book of Records for settling arguments.
Keep up the good work!
As you correctly guessed, the video is full of references to past Beatles songs...I think on RUclips there's a contemporary video from the 90s where someone tried to label them all, with the result that the entire video can't be seen behind all the labels :D
You should hear Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of the Moon " mixed with video from "The wizard of Oz " if you want to go down a rabbit hole.. now that is spooky.. the mix is on youtube
Muy hermoso, Los Beatles sonando como ELO. Gran trabajo de Jeff Lynne en el minucioso trabajo desde un casette.
After the Beatles handed on the accolades to ELO jeff lynne did a great job of producing this 👏
Somehow! Ya had the music playing forward and the video playing backwards.
Thank you watching this mad life a little....Well better, cheers!!!!
*made
More Beatles, please.
So you need to watch the documentry on disney plus,its video footage of there last month together culminating with roof top performance on old apple rooftop.I actully live in liverpool,my mum whos now 76 use to go the cavern club every week she was friends with all of them but said george and john always came to chat.i was at stuart sutcliffes grave last week..Its funny in movie yesterday ,its about the betles never existed and when he see what else has gone he checks oasis ,and the joke is they dont exist because they had no beatles to copy,lol.Liam also has a new documentry recording new album its at a very famous recording studio in wales,uk that all major bands have used,queen made it famous making platinum selling bohemian rhapsody and more there its called rockfield farm.Did you check out the noel gallagher/ricky gervis song freeway freelove,not sure you read my messages been following two years never had reply? thanks.
Real love and free as a bird are my favourite beatles songs
Here's something you might like to try, guys. How about starting with the video 'The Beatles Reunion At Friar Park 1994 Full Version LEGENDS HD Rare footage' from the Anthology when they met up and recorded this track. In the Anthology series you see their last filmed reunions before George passed in 2001. Then go back and start from the beginning when they were just teenagers - a great story how they formed in the late 1950s then grew and developed. I grew up with their music and took an interest in them from when I was a kid, and still learning new things. I was fortunate to meet George's wife, Olivia a few years ago - a special moment for me.
There are about 25 Beatle songs shown thru visuals. See if you can find them all.
The video you are watching is running in reverse for some reason?
Yes I noticed that straight away, surprised more people haven't spotted this.
@@seeker6436 I noticed it too!!
Great band the best Do more Beatles song
And...Why is the video running backwards?
Lots of Beatles songs referenced in "Free as a Bird" but WHY is the video running in REVERSE?? You didn't seem to NOTICE that it is all in reverse!! The girl ("She's Leaving Home") is going IN her door, instead of OUT of it to get into the "newspaper taxi" (from "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds") which is moving in reverse. The man playing the banjo on stage (that this video shows at the start) is SUPPOSED to be at the END when you HEAR a BANJO playing. The ROOM with the CHILDHOOD PHOTOS of the BEATLES on the MANTEL is supposed to be at the BEGINNING of the Video, NOT at the END like it is in THIS video. There must be a proper copy here on You Tube, where the video goes forward so that the timeline makes sense. It is supposed to start at the beginning of their time and to the end (Abbey Road crossing) of their career.
Such a good song. Love the nod to George Formby at the end too, which is played backwards in this mix, "turned out nice again".
Listen to Dear Prudence, oh Darling, Helter Skelter said to be one of earliest or the first Heavy Metal song back in 1968/69
OKAY guys... Lesser knowns... PLEASE REACT TO........ "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" Last track on the album "Revolver" and recorded before Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" IN 1966....!!!! It will blow your mind... Keep on Rocking.
Let Me Roll It. Sublime.
Now you two guys have reacted to this I feel the Beatles have made it lol
I can still hear the rain oh its outside I live in england
Later this year, there will be a new Beatles track.
Jeff Lynne produced this and "Real Love" for them.
Eleanor rigby gravestone, a nod to the band. My group and I have to make a music video, like this. John (Rest In Eternal Peace), Paul (one of the greatest artists alive) and George (The Quiet Beatle - Rest In Eternal Peace)
Why is the video in reverse ?
Cross Walk is called a Zebra Crossing here.
Well you've got 200 songs to react to . If you do you need to wear headphones to get the stereo effect , instruments in one ear voice other . A good one to start is While My Guitar Gently Weeps
They educated us in foreign religion, belief, fashion, Indian cotton I cud buy if I was rich imported into unique boutiques, the smell of patchouli, chilling with a spliff, listening to music calm days.
There are so many clues representative of Beatle songs in this video. You need to go back and look at it closely.
There are so many references to other Beatle songs I the video.
If listen to the whole song before commenting, it shows better coherence and respect for the singer.
Real love next video , good call bronyDan
The video going backwards??? A copyright thing?
Another thing we say differently is cross walk which we call a "Zebra crossing"
Starts in John's boyhood home.
even from the beyond LENNON is still the beatles boss
Everything in this video references the complete story of The Beatles.
Produced by Jeff Lynn of Electric Light Orchestra, this was the most expensive Beatles music video ever made.
Not a "Cross Walk" Its called a "Zebra Crossing" here in the UK, That's saying "Z" like "Zed" not like you guys there "Zee"
Shocking thing for many of the older generationgeneration was the length of their hair. It was outrageous at the time 😂 Even my parents thought it was outrageous.
Please react to the beatles, guys. Please make it your next rabbit hole, I know you wont regret it. Your taste in music is great, and fact you love oasis, you will love the beatles even more. I heard oasis first and because they kept mentioning the beatles, I got into them as a 15yo. Oasis, I owe my whole musical taste to them really. Beatles, rolling stones, Slade, sex pistols, Smith's, the jam, the kinks (massively underrated may I add) I beg please learn and listen to the beatles, some suggestions.... strawberry fields forever, helter skelter (you 2 will love this one) rain (song liam found his voice from, and oasis were called the rain in an early incarnation) you'll hear rain and think, this sounds 90s or early 2000s. Ok others to check.... tomorrow never knows, shes leaving home, I am the walrus, a day in the life, revolution, day tripper, we can work it out, here there and everywhere, hey bulldog. That'll keep you going a while.
PLEASE listen to them, you won't regret it.
Rick beato mentioned an uber driver, girl in her mid to late 20s listening to music as she drove him, shed never heard of paul McCartney or the beatles.
Don't let their music die, you'll get others into them because you have a lot of followers.
In this spotify's generation, albums mean nothing, its download a song that you heard on a show or an advert these days.
The beatles need to stay prominent for todays youth to know them.
I suggest you watch the anthology!! You will learn sooo much!!